Connecting-joint for bedsteads.



such afastening as will make a very, rigid r UNITED Sii/rifas" PATENT (her-1G12.

JOHN R; KoNETSKnoF SAN FANofIsoo, oAL1roRN'1A,ASSIeNoR `or oNEQ HALF To w. A. soHRooK,l oF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

keoNNistri-INcrt-.10m'l' FOR BED'sTEADsy I srEcIFrcATroNifoming part of Letters ratnt Ne. 7o2g1e'2, datenv triinejigueoa.

Application led June 14.721901.

To all whoa/t it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, JOHN R. KONETSKY, a'

citizen of the United States, residingin the Like; and I hereby declare the following tov s same.

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be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the My invention relates toa devicel for connecting the side rails with the supportingpostsandend rails of bedsteads,and espe-- cially of that class which are made of metal.

' It consists of a peculiarly-'formed joint with `bolt and locking Inut,` wherebyvthe parts of v tension 6, extending parallel with the side of the joint are Idrawn together to lform a rigid It also comprises details of' construction',

' which will be `more fully explained byref- `erence to the laccompanying drawings, in

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Fig. 3 showsthe two-parts of ythe joint.. dis- A In the construction of `mon way of connecting the rails with the posts Vcome loose and unreliable.

is by means of beveled'or'tapering socket-AV pieces Iixedto the post and correspondingly-A shaped lugs carriedby the'rails a'ndadaptedV to drop into the sockets. The strain upon such connections is-such that they soon be- It is thevobjectof my invention to provide and immovable connection between the parts. As shown in the drawings,A represents one post ofa bedstead, and B is a support for the the bedStead-frame vmaylhave their ends cast solidly into these supports, so .that the two postsat the head andthe two posts at the foot of the bed are each connected in pairs v by the respective end `rails and these parts are permanently secured together. `These rails maybe made of any suitable or desired form. I havehere shown them as being made of angle-iron or rods.V The side rails 3 are bedsteads thecom-` Serial No. 64.531.f l(No model.)

A made Vof anglesi'rony and have cast 'upon their ends the headpieces 4. 'These pieces' are rails and the castings B, which'are permanent' with the posts, and for this purpose the end ladapted to form the )jointtbetween the side of the' castingB andthecorresponding meeting face of the head 4 are made inclined transversely,` as 'shown 'at' 5,"sothat when the parts are put together Athese inclined Vfaces m'eet forming a close tit. These faces and the other meeting faces `of theheadfl arQonly beveled transversely.landA are straight vertically, so that the side rails maybe reversed, as will be hereinafter described. v l

The head thas anornamental plate or ex-l the casting B, and theend of this part 6 is contacting with a similar beveled portion of the ornamental portion b of the casting B.

, When these twovare brought together, the parts 6 and b form an ornamental circular 1inish.,` The transversely-beveled and vertical meeting edges 5 and 7 are of such depth as Vto form-a suhicientv braceto rigidly connect `the parts when they are Secured together. Y

` The securing device consists of a bolt 9,

which is cast or otherwise formed with the' part B, and this bolt .projects through a cention. The outer end of this bolt is threaded ,and upon it is fitted an ornamental nut, as at .tral hole 10 in the ornamental exterior por- In some cases it is desirableV to it the rail 3 l tothe bedstead with the iiat side of theangle-` piece uppermost.y In other cases itisgdes'in able to reverse the rail;s`o that the"- iatside is ,below and the otherside stands vertically,

forming the outside portion. ofthe `bedsteadrail. The construction ofvtheheadQ/t' and the circular plate b, with their bevels, is such that by turning the side rail end for end, revers ingit at the saine time, either arrangement 'of the rail may be had, so that, if desired, the hat portion being downward and on the inside willserve to support the mattress and` bed fabric,while the upturned outer part of the angle-iron prevents them from slipping sidewise.

The device forms an extremely rigid and ornamental finish for this class of beds.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. Abedstead jointand fasteningincluding supports fixed upon the posts, having the end rails of the bedstead cast therewith, said supports having faces which are straight Vertically and beveled transversely, from side to side; side rails having heads cast upon them and having faces straight vertically and beveled transversely, and adapted to engage the corresponding faces of the first-named supports, both of said supports havingv an enlarged plate or extension extending parallel with their outer side and provided with transversely-beveled meeting edges, and one of said supports having a bolt to pass throughy a hole in the plate or extension of the other support, and a nut engaging the bolt to draw the beveled faces of the supports and extensions in close contact, substantially as described.

2. A bedstead-joint connection consisting of 'supportsinto Which the vertical posts and end rails of the bed are cast, side rails having heads cast upon their ends, transversely-beveled meeting faces upon these heads and upon the post attachment, enlarged ornamental faces formed and exterior to the heads of the side rails, and similar sections formed upon post-supports, said sections having transversely-beveled meeting edges, bolts projecting from the post-supports through holes in the segments of the side-rail heads and nuts adapted to screw upon said bolts so as to draw the beveled or inclined meeting faces of the parts together.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

Jol-1N R. KoNETsKY.

Vtitnesses:

S. H. NoURsE, JEssIn C. BRoDm. 

